Category: Natural candles

Natural candles are gradually becoming part of the trend of the moment. Not only do they serve as soft and functional lighting, but they also invite themselves into the decoration of rooms with their design, their colours and their scents.

Useful and decorative products such as candles are also intended to be respectful of the environment and health. Mandalashop gives you all the reasons to opt for natural candles.

What are the benefits of natural candles?

The benefits of homemade candles are many. Above all, handmade candles are natural and therefore less harmful to our health. The scent of handmade candles is carefully crafted from natural and healthy products for us. Moreover, the mixture of perfumes and smells is infinite, there is no limit to creation. Handmade candles are made with care by creators who have made it their profession.

They will bring an original touch to your interiors. Their relaxing and fragrant benefits will satisfy you and make your interior all the more pleasant. In addition, scented candles can also neutralize tobacco odours or bad smells that permeate our interiors.

How to recognize a natural candle?

Before discovering the advantages of natural candles, it is essential to learn how to differentiate them from industrial candles. To do this, it's simple: you must read the manufacturer's label.

A candle is said to be natural if the wax is made up of vegetable or animal matter. It can be rapeseed, soy, palm, myrtle, beeswax… Healthy and biodegradable materials, which unlike mineral or chemical waxes do not produce soot.

The colours and scents of natural candles can be provided by essential oils, flowers or plant pigments.

The wicks are also biodegradable. Whether they are made of cotton, hemp or linen, they contain no metal backing.

Finally, check the absence of CMR substance (carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic), paraffin, phthalate, herbicide and pesticide in the composition.

What is vegetable wax?

Plant-based wax is the one used in the candles we offer. It can be extracted from different plants such as soybeans, rice, rapeseed, etc. 100% natural, it is therefore an ecological, renewable and biodegradable wax, and therefore the best option for the manufacture of eco-responsible candles.

It releases no black smoke and is odourless, thus favouring scented creations. Its combustion time also has the advantage of being slower and therefore longer, linked to its very low melting point.

Vegetable wax is increasingly used in the manufacture of scented candles, on the one hand for its natural appearance and respectful of the environment, on the other hand for its effectiveness (long combustion, diffusion of perfumes, luminous flame,... ).

Our supplier is based in Belgium. Rapeseed wax is for us the most ecological choice with a lower carbon footprint than soy wax for example. Also, bees love the rapeseed flower and growing more rapeseed will help the bees. Rapeseed wax provides longer burn time and mixes well with fragrance and has a great scent.

5 reasons to buy a natural candle

Candles are singular decorative objects to decorate our interior in a subtle way. But what are the advantages of turning to natural craft candles?

To begin with, craft candles have an excellent composition. The latter is chosen with care by the creators and craftsmen in order to be as authentic as possible. There is no product or substance added to the composition that is not necessary to create a quality handmade candle.

In general, candles are a source of pollution because when they burn, they emit smoke that is harmful to health. This is why the benefits of homemade candles should be taken into account before buying any type of candle. The natural and non-synthetic smell of handmade candles will transport you by making you travel thanks to their unusual and above all inimitable smell.

Handmade candles are subtle and incredibly original decorative objects. They contribute to the creation of a unique and intimate atmosphere in your interior. By buying artisanal candles made by hand by artisans, know that you are contributing to the dynamism of the local economy. You promote the know-how of small creators.

1. Protect the planet

Industrial candles are most often made from stearic acid and paraffin, a petroleum derivative. If they have revolutionized the history of the candle (Read the article here), these chemical substances can release harmful particles during combustion. In addition, the wick is usually impregnated with borax, a powerful acid used as an insecticide.

2. Preserve the quality of the ambient air in your home

The combustion of industrial candles releases toxic substances for your health:

paraffin gives off acetone, toluene and benzene, which can cause allergies, asthma attacks or skin reactions (even when the candle is extinguished!). Mixed with synthetic perfumes, it creates soot whose particles remain suspended in the air for a long time;
dyes and fragrances from industrial candles can release alcohol, limonene and formaldehyde causing allergies, headaches, dizziness and respiratory tract infections;
finally, the metal core bits release heavy metals.

3. Diffuse authentic scents

Another reason to choose natural candles is the delicacy of their fragrances. While synthetic scents can quickly go to your head and become overpowering, natural scents gently envelop the space.

But do not think that the choice is limited! Nature offers a wide range of scents: woody, floral, iodized, fruity, peppery... You are bound to find what you are looking for.

4. Establish a warm atmosphere

The natural candle comes in an infinite number of models. Shapes, colors and containers come together to create unique products. You can place them on your shelves, your desk or your bedside table to create an intimate and warm atmosphere in your interior.

5. Choose cruelty free

By turning to a vegetable wax candle, you benefit from a product that did not require any animal exploitation during its manufacture. This is for example the case of Tree of Life and Flower of Life candles, made of rapeseed wax and natural cotton. Protected by glass containers, they come in a wide range of symbols and scents. An ideal gift idea.

Which natural candle to choose?

Visit Mandalashop to discover our carefully selected range of beautiful natural and handcrafted candles. Look carefully at the fragrances of each of our candles, with their associated virtues, and you will undoubtedly find the one that suits you best.

Embark on a unique olfactory journey with our vegetable candles and let yourself be seduced by the authenticity and quality of our candles.